Denny Lemaster
Milwaukee Braves 1962–1965; Atlanta Braves 1966–1967; Houston Astros 1968–1971; Montreal Expos 1972
Percentile snapshot
1970 season — qualified pitchers
of 79 qualified 1970 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 17 | 36 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .121 | .147 | .121 | .268 | -33.6 | -25.6 | .130 | 1.5 |
| 1963 | 46 | 80 | 74 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .189 | .189 | .284 | .473 | 24.5 | 35.3 | .211 | 3.3 |
| 1964 | 39 | 83 | 67 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .134 | .184 | .149 | .333 | -11.9 | -4.7 | .162 | 0.6 |
| 1965 | 32 | 49 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .089 | .128 | .111 | .239 | -43.3 | -31.9 | .118 | -0.3 |
| 1966 | 27 | 66 | 59 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .161 | .169 | .331 | -18.2 | -8.5 | .157 | 1.4 |
| 1967 | 31 | 79 | 67 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .104 | .153 | .104 | .257 | -33.2 | -24.4 | .132 | 1.9 |
| 1968 | 33 | 80 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .031 | .113 | .031 | .143 | -67.8 | -54.8 | .090 | 2.2 |
| 1969 | 38 | 100 | 88 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .223 | .239 | .462 | 27.2 | 30.9 | .222 | 3.9 |
| 1970 | 39 | 54 | 45 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .178 | .255 | .244 | .499 | 39.2 | 37.4 | .241 | 0.6 |
| 1971 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | -19.4 | -3.8 | .155 | 0.5 |
| 1972 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 167.2 | 139.7 | .421 | -0.8 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 75 | 29 | 32 | 69 | 11 | 86.7 | 3.01 | 1.235 | 7.17 | 3.99 | 104.6 | 126.6 | 1.5 |
| 1963 | 46 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 199 | 80 | 85 | 190 | 30 | 237.0 | 3.04 | 1.198 | 7.22 | 3.63 | 111.5 | 107.2 | 3.3 |
| 1964 | 39 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 216 | 102 | 75 | 185 | 27 | 221.0 | 4.15 | 1.317 | 7.53 | 3.74 | 105.1 | 85.6 | 0.6 |
| 1965 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 140 | 72 | 58 | 111 | 12 | 146.3 | 4.43 | 1.353 | 6.83 | 3.43 | 96.9 | 80.1 | -0.3 |
| 1966 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 170 | 71 | 41 | 139 | 25 | 171.0 | 3.74 | 1.234 | 7.32 | 3.68 | 100.2 | 98.3 | 1.4 |
| 1967 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 184 | 80 | 72 | 148 | 20 | 215.3 | 3.34 | 1.189 | 6.19 | 3.54 | 105.6 | 100.1 | 1.9 |
| 1968 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 231 | 70 | 72 | 146 | 11 | 224.0 | 2.81 | 1.353 | 5.87 | 2.90 | 97.8 | 105.4 | 2.2 |
| 1969 | 38 | 37 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 232 | 86 | 72 | 173 | 20 | 244.7 | 3.16 | 1.243 | 6.36 | 3.20 | 90.4 | 111.9 | 3.9 |
| 1970 | 39 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 169 | 82 | 65 | 103 | 22 | 162.0 | 4.56 | 1.444 | 5.72 | 4.58 | 117.3 | 85.8 | 0.6 |
| 1971 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 23 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 60.0 | 3.45 | 1.350 | 4.20 | 3.63 | 107.1 | 98.1 | 0.5 |
| 1972 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 19.7 | 7.78 | 1.729 | 5.95 | 3.60 | 102.1 | 45.3 | -0.8 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-06-30 | HOU @ LAD Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 1969-06-18 | HOU @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1963-06-15 | PHI @ ATL Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1963-06-20 | PIT @ ATL Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1966-07-17 | CIN @ ATL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966-08-14 | PHI @ ATL Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
| 1965-08-13 | ATL @ CHC Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| 1969-08-20 | HOU @ PIT Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| 1967-06-20 | ATL @ LAD Gameday | 13.0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1969-09-30 | HOU @ LAD Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.